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THE OREGON - DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, UZ3.
THE OREGON ,D A I L Y JO URN A L
FIRE CUING TO
HOB HILL
AN INDCPENDBNT N1WIFAHH
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FEW WORDS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
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KE of the modt amazing feature
1 J fate that, befel San Francisco
the newgthererxame to ihe
almost innuoerable difficulties,
- world adequate account of the tragic
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i eartnquaae inq iu ucniinnm r
wake. Hand in hand with the newsgatherer wera the
telegraph manager and operator
v -w.f .nflinir difficulties, remaining;
iuf "i f ' . .
the very building were collapsing, moving from ttion
atitinn into temporary quarters uniu
routed out by fire or dynamite but always," omehow or
omewhere, getting out to the world news of the orogress
. rt event.' - -
. ; The new headquarter of The Journal
went Up In name cany in.inc inui ", " "
central offices of the telegrapn; companies, j And o
throughout the day' it was a struggle under difficulties
-to reappoints of vantage from which, mignt come jortn
the news for whiclf thepeopTe" thirsted.-? But in -looking
back and measuring the results without reference to the
"difficulties The Journal feelr it ia entitled to accept the
.warm encomium which have been showered upon it from
all sides. Its first edition was not only superbly illus
trated, giving exquisite view of the great building and
thoroughfares of San Francisco, but a complete and con
rected story such as no other paper afforded.' It wa full
'"r"j-.f.T-n"nriiririn iiif ""fwtt'ithrrat-l.vitteries.
and making such a presentation of the.
. facts, figure and comparisons as could,
While all thiristrue we neyertheles wish to express
our grateful appreciation to reader andJFriends for the
kind and flattering word which have showered" uponThe
- Journal. . ' , -.
- A WORD OF HOPE.
I T IS A STOUT HEART that can waken after a
catastrophe like that which, has befallen San Fran
cisco 'and, looking upon the desolation, face the fu
ture with hopefulness. And yet, one of the remarkable
characteristic of our people, and of most of the better
peoples of the world, is that there are many men in- every
communjtyjwita heartr itout enough for this,: "Men for
- - this will not be wanting in San FranciscO.They are the
city's stay and hope, as. they are "any community's pride
; The men otoyr-hr-San Fraii8c"4ttUtve-impQrt-ant
allies. The time are favorable. It is at the opening
of the building se'ason and the country i unusually-pros-perous.
The very prosperity of the times 'may give the
ambitious man of business a pang of regret, when he sees
the opportunity but feels his present inability to avail
himselt ot it. ine times are good, Dut tne business they
bring is not for him." This is but a first thought , The
prosperity of the country is a valuable asset at this time,
when rrtost of his assets seem. to have been wiped out.
It is a fund that he may draw upon to restorejiis plant,
knowing well that, when he is again ready for business,
the commercial world-will be at hiVdoor with'it offer
of trade,' . '.. . '.. ' ' fi ,
' Then, trwv ever Ain I-Vanriaran hnatneaa ms r.v
fesstonal man, or artisan, had an asset of immense value
in the city's situation. The situation has largely made
San Francisco,, and it will make it again. Long before
the forty-niner came Andrew Jackson and Daniel Web
ster saw a great commercial city on San Francisco bay,
and strove to make it America's.-' Nothing, but a series
of disaster that should break up and destroy this situa
tion, peninsula shore-plains and bay could rob the people
of San Francisco of the inestimable riches they have
simply in the "cityJr situation. Like Chicago, San Fran
cisco must yeedily rise from it ruins. The whole coun
try needs it. , The commerce of the world demands a city
just there, and, ia waiting to aid in-it restoration.
DEVASTATED AREA
IS
Fire Extends From Mercantile to
Residence Districts of San
"Francisco. '
(Journal BDrctal Berrlec.)
Oakland, April 1. g a. m The fir
5 Increasing In violence, lta area Is'
Cheater and it haa extended from the
mercantile section to the residence' dis
tricts. While blowing up a building
with dynamite a premature explosion oc
curred, killing' is men.
The Terminal hotel on the waterfront
collapsed, burring !: they were borned.
to death, no evidences remalnlnc. -Th
latest reports from the Ylre chief
to the effect that the mint Is ablase a
' that it will be Impossible to save
. and that the district including Marl
Nftreet south to the waterfront and Mis
sion street Is destroyed In Its entirety,
Fire 1s raging over a district of eight
square miles with flames spreading in
all directions with apparently no show
of their being brought under control
until they spend their fury. The
scene beggared .description. A few min
utes past 7 o'clock last night another
shock was felt, rocking a - number of
buildings.
Pandemonium reigns and people are
auaaiea in ins streets leariog xuriner
shocks. ' '
Ttom near the ferry building up ilar
' kt to the Mission district, containing
the finest of Ban Francisco's business
blocks, ' the Call. Chronicle, ' Examiner,
ReadTW
IIICREAS
IN
Il ls Full of Good Features
An article this SundayvvHT tell you how far you live
above the level of the sea. ,
The bears in the City Park talk to the children In The'
Sunday Journal; read these animal stories to the-, little
ones, also let them laugh over the comic colored pictures.-
Get The Sunday Journal. You will enjoy every line.
m HE-LOSS
of the frightful
l the auperb way
pared with
rescue nndover
got out to th
the past, when people were less able, to protect them
selve and when they were huddled more closely to
progress of the
fnllnmed in its
who overcame in
at their post unt
knows and the historian, the geologist and the antiquary
cannot discover how many- perished at the foot of small
but terrible Vesuvius over 1800 year ago, nor at and
around Antioch a
uruy wm. ...
about 1400 year
the Mediterranean
people of Naples perished from the terror of the internal
earth in 1456,-30,000 in Lisbon-in 1531, 70,000 more in
Naples in 1628 and other hundreds of thousands some
in San .Francisco
centuries ago along
and on the Sicilian
In japan hundreds
200,000 or more
200 year ago; and
tive eruption In
Various portions
have suffered from earthquakes involving the Joss of
tens of thousands of lives. In 1902 the sudden and awful
outburst of Pelee killed 40,000 peple.
-In California the
not, been and probably will not be-very great, as corn
bared "with that of past earthquakes and eruptions, but
the property los is
new, incidents.
ready it runs into the
al property within
not tail to nave
curred, it is a terriDie tning to contemplate, ou u rami
be endured, and when- the devastating force have done
their work, and perhaps go to rest again for a thousand
years, tne worit oi
must- go. on. ..
This ithe worst
curred in this country. The only one approaching it wa
that at Charleston in 1886, yet in that catastrophe the
loss. of life wa small and. the property loss was probably
not one tenth what it i already in California. ';,'..
Probably when
of it will not happen
year.. Yet as to this
turbances, it is to be noticed, always occur along a coast
line,-farely-far inr-the-interior-. Yet men must' live and
labor and love and do business along coasts. It is a ne-
cessity, and they must take the. chance of earthquake.
In San Francisco
to fire that could not be controlled."' It was, and ir"a
terrible ituation-a greatcity burning and no means, by
water or otherwise, of fighting the conquering and mas
TerThgf1ames.ZotaJreeriyt4mofJ.the destructions f.
Pari i recalled by
rf iib at uv"viij vviuva sa w v-a k juaviav, vi u9
party, and the contest between the parties will be fought
out in June.
If the voter of
dependable, Intelligent inflexible, uncorruptible men, it
will not make much
or candidates win.
the nature and character of the r.ervice rendered is of
much contequence.
As to Democratic
there is no contest, and in thi casethat of sheriff, The
Journal has plainly expressed itself in favor of the re
nomination of Sheriff Word, and given its reasons there
for. ' - - ., '.
The Republicans, being normally in a large majority,
the interest of the primary election tomorrow naturally
centers mostly around them.
Perform- the duty of voting tomorrow, and do it well.
The most important duty is always the nearest one, and
this one i now up to you.
Mills, , postofflce. Exchange. Flood,
MonadnocK, Palace hotel and 'numerous
other skyscrapers burned. There was a
shortage of dynamite with which to
check the flames. Th situation was a
terrible one. All efforts to stop the
progress of th fire apparently are futile.
Burned Buildings.
TlieTerry and train service were
blocked. The heat la Intense.';
Following la an Incomplete list of
the buildings destroyed or Injured, ac
cording to latest reports:- ,
Call building entirely destroyed;
Bpreckela building - gutted - by - flames;
Hearst building collapsed; new Chroni
cle building slightly damaged; the
White House walls badly cracked, plate,
glass windows broken, stock in building
removed before :S0 a. m.; Winchester
hotel. Third street, totally destroyed by
the earthquake shock; Grand opera
house entirely destroyed; Claus Spreck
1'' house and stables. Van Ness ave
nue, badly damaged; Bt. Luke's Episco
pal church. Van Ness avenue, damaged,
will have to be pulled down; Mechanic's
llbee'ry building; Post street building
eMghtly Injured: Lick, house totally da-
troyed; Checker building. Market and
Post streets, slightly damaged: TTpham
building. Pine and Battery, totally de
stroyed, loss 1G60.000; California hotel.
Bush street,-upper walls eellapeed and
upper floors wrecked; San Francisco
Oas A Electric company's plant. Post
street, slightly Injured; St. Francis ho
tel, exterior slightly cracked - and
seamed,-but-not.erloualjr Injured;' Pa
cific Union club. Post and Stsckton
streets, front Injured and fissures In
rear wall.
St Dominic's church. In Pierce street.
Is - a total loss, the Interior being
wrecked Including the fixtures. on trie
walls. The structure will have to be
pulled down. The parochial house. In
the same block liPa partial wreck. It
Is erttmsted that the loss to ths parish
Is IS00.0O0.
Th ornamental top-sn St.. Dunstaji'
THE CATASTROPHE OF CALIFORNIA.
OF LIFE in the terrible catastrophe
I ... .". that i occurring in California is small a com
that of many.imilar convulsion in
gether. IJundred "of thousands, perhaps million, of
live .have been detroyed directly and most of thenval
most instantly by these seismic convulion. Nobody
few year later, not in Constantinople
ago, nor jn many instances throughout
region. It i estimated that 40,000
the sweet, vineclad shores of Italy
isles.
of thousands have thus been killed
in Jeddo in one eruption a little over
there have been frequent and destruc
thoe oriental islands in later year,
of South America, on both coasts,
loss of life, awfut as i ft total, ha
greater than in any other case, .Al
hundreds of million. No men loss
The time space of time has ever oc
reconstruction ana renaDimation
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calamity of the kind that ha ever oc
this disturbance is over a recurrence
for hundreds, perhaps .thousands of
no one can tell. These seismic dis
the main loss will, after all, be due
this awful holocaust of San Francisco,-
THE PRIMARIES TOMORROW.
11 OMORROW every' legal voiter has a duty to per-'.-lform
to go and yotT. And he should vote for
both and all parties put forward good,
difference to the people which party
The party really amount to little;
candidates, except in one irTstance,
SANTA ROSA LIES
RUINS
Ter ThousandPeople Homeless
What Earthquake Left
Fire Destroyed.
" Jenrl Special Service.)
Santa Rosa. CaL, April 19. This city
Is a total wrsck, with H.000 homeless
men, women and children huddled to
gether. . The loss of life will probably
ree.ch Into th hundred. The business
portion of the town Is tumbled Into
ruins and th main street Is plied many
feet deep with fallen buildings. Not
one of th business buildings, from th
California Northwestern Pacific depot
in tne extreme west to ths Athenaeum
on th east, was left Intact. The de
struction includes all the county build
Ings. What was not destroyed by th
earthquake was iwept by fire.
Ths water system was destroyed by
the -earthquake, and f lre-lghtlng was
out ox tne question. .The cltliena aban
doned their homes nd took to the hills
gaslng indespalratth scene of de
struction. '
apartment house at Sutter street and
Vsn Ness avenue fell into the street.
Th Concordia building, on "Van Ne
avenue, has several fissures In th
side and rebuilding will be necessary.
Ths Hotel Orinado ia badly damaged,
the ton coping about the roof having
fallen off. The building In course of
construction to. be occupied by the
Hamman baths-- on Post - street '"Will
have to be rebuilt. -Th flrehoua ad
Joining th California - hotel on Bush
street is damsged. Chief Sullivan and
his wtfs. who wer sleeping In th engine-house,
were . never! y brulsd by
bricks crashing through thr roof front
the hotel. . ,. -
LOCAL PRINTERS HELP
FELLOWS. IN BAY CITY
Local printer hay offered aa1tanc
to the member of tb craft In th
trlcken city and ar awaiting some
word from the anuth 'In. order to learn
Just what, method is best to proceed
with the. relief. work. The following
telegram wa sent to San Francisco last
night:.
- -"To Oeorg Trry, President of th
San Francisco Typographies! t'nlon No:
21: Multnomah No. 41 extends sym
pathy and the fund In It treasury Co
afflicted brethren. Let m kpow. ) .
J, 3. PRICE, ProWnC
Threatens Falrmount Hotel and
, Apparently Cannot Be : '
Checked.
WATER SUPPLY GONE - .
DYNAMITE INEFFECTIVE
More Than One Thousand In Hotf-
pitala and No Accurate Record of
Dead Can Be Had Diuater Min
imised, Rather Than Exaggerated.
(Journal Special B-tV-.) -. . -'
Oakland, Cel., April !. At 11 o'clock
this morning Ban Franctseo Is a mas of
ruin and th flames continue the work
of destruction, obliterating th few re
maining habitations Thar la no water
and the city -seem doomed. All night
ths heaven were lighted by th light of
th vast conflagration. Thjs morning a
mass of amoks marks the continuance
of the destruction amid scenes of un
speakable horror. ; The estimated loss
In Ban Francisco will reach from 110,
000,60 to 1 100.000,000 In th town.
Downtown everything Is In ruins. Not
a business houus stands. Theatres have
crumbled into beapa. Factories and
commission house lis (mouldering on
their former sites. All of the news
paper plants are rendered useless. Ths
Call and Examiner and Dally Naws
buildings were entirely" destroyed and
ths Chronicle, Post and Bulletin build
ings wrecked. Th offices of both ths
Associated Press and Bcrlpbs - New
association ars gons.
The limit of th fir at this hour are
Nineteenth street en the west, Town
Send street on the south and Broadway.
Everything between theas street and
the waterfront Is devsstatsd.
The fire Is approaching th new 15.-
000,000 Falrmount hotel on Nob hill.
and threatening th Nob HU1 dletrlot.
On the south, at Third and Townsend,
th passenger station of ths Bouthsrn
Pactfle baa burned and the fire Is rap
idly reaching toward the water on that
aids.- Firs Is spreading at all bounda
ries, exoept west of th waterfront Th
dynamiting continue. . -
Se.ta and Destructioa.
Death and destruction haa. been th
fate of Ban Frandaco. The rttv la a
mas of smouldering ruins. At o'clock
last evening the -flame aeemlngly played
with increased vigor and threatened to
destroy such sections as their fury had
spared" burying In th earlier portion of
the day. Building their path in a tri
angular circuit from th stkrt In ' th
early morning, they Jockeyed as th
Cmy waned and left-the business seu
tioiv which "had been"en tlrery destroyed,
and skipped in a dosen dlrectiona to
th residence portion.
A night fell ths- flame mad their
way over Into th north beach section,,
and springing anew to the-eouth, they
reached out along th chipping section,
down ths bay shore over th hills and
acrosa toward Third and - Townsend
streets. Warehouses, wholesale houses
and manufacturing concern fell In their
path. This completed" the deatruction
of th entire . district - known as tb
outh of Market street How far they
are reaching to the south across tb
channel cannot be told, as thla part la
shut off. , . .
: Xomeless la Parka.
After darkness, thousands of home
less were making their way with blan
kets and scant provisions to the Golden
Gat park and beach, to And shelter.
Those In homes on bill Just north of
tb Hayes valley wrecked section plied
their belonging In, th streets, and ex
press ewagons and automobile were
hauling thing away to sparssly settled
regions. .
Vaalo rrovailed Among Xahabltaata.
Under a flaming sky, surrounded by
destruction and death, the f rensled peo
ple ran almlessly'about the street call-
ng UDon Ood to be merciful. The roar
ing, raging Inferno of fire, .sweeping
back from th waterfront, leaving a dis
trict devastated -behind It, reaching out
like a monster for fresh fuel to feed It
terrible greed, drove terror-stricken
thousand from district to district some
reluctantly giving away before the
orders of martial law. som clinging
about the picket lines watching th work
of destruction with eyes tnat aid not
ee, with sense dulled.
'paaio mold Olty.
-Fear held the city In Its grssp. Thou
sands slept In the open air In the parks.
afraid to enter their home. Children
clung -weeping-to- parents, relatives or
friends. Hundreds sought In 'vain for
news of loved ones who had gons down
Into th city earlier In th day and bad
not returned. . .
Such a night ha never before been
experienced by th people of any
American city. Brave men lay upon
the bar earth,' weeping Ilk children.
Men who were rich' 14 hour before.
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Looking Down Market Street, San
who are penniless now, roamed ths
street ld by M with despairing la
borers. --The scene . In. the park : and open
pace where there wa room for peo
ple to congregate without molestation
from the soldiers are such that beggar
description. Terror kept thoss who
still have homes Mn the open. ' It- was
like a city watching Its own 'destruc
tion.' ; . . - . i '
Throughout th night United State
troop patrolled th districts under
martial law. In all ths city these dis
ciplined men -were the only ones not
overcome with' th horror of the' night
They faced their' duty Impassively,
carrying out th orders -of their su
periors with quiet determination greatly
In contrast with th actions oi tne peo
ple. But for these men It Is probable
thst th horror would have been greater
than tt w-
At I o'clock -this morning almost
svery building In th vicinity of Union
square was ablase. Th magninoent
St Franols hotel, facing the square.
appeared doomed. Thousands slept In
park anil othernen places last night
Th - Southern Paclno to th south Is
cut at Ban Mateo, JO mile south, cut
ting off th most nsAueal way of es
cape In that direction, leaving th .only
mean of egross by vehicle and foot
Martial w la OaUaad.
Governor Pardee arrived In Oakland
last night and. Issued a proclamation
declaring a legal holiday In the State.
In order to give tb people an oppor
tunity to aid. tb sufferers. ' Martial
law was declared In Oakland this morn- -
lng." Troops are patrolllng-th streets.
and only those with passes ars allowed
In the main section. People are in dan
ger from falling- buildings, many-of
which ere -tottering. - ....
Thou Bands -of-people' on this side of
the bay slept In open lot and on the
hills, fearing another, shake. The city
Is filled with refugee fleeing to aafety
or seeking friends. The parks were
filled last night with people from across
th bay. Many are .Without friends or
money. ' Systematic aid Is being organ
ised. Telegram of ympny are com
ing, by th hundred from all parts of
th globe. . '
- On every aid there wa death and
suffering yesterday. Hundreds were in
jured, either burned, crushed or struck
by falling piece - from buildings, - and
many died while on th operating table
at Mechanics' pavilion. Improvised as
a hospital. Th number of dead 1 not
known but It I estimated that at least
600 met death In' tb horror. -
' ' ' Thieves Jabot Dova.
At t o'clock last night, under special
messag from President Roosevelt the
city was placed ' under martial law.
Hundred of troop patrolled the street
and drove th crowd back, while hun
dreds were set to work assisting 11 re
man and soldiers. Soldier are carrying
out their order In true military apirlt
Three thieves met death by rifle bullet
while at work In th ruin. Cavalry
men forced th people front the level
district to tb hilly section beyond to
the north. 1 ' '
The water . supply wa entirely cut
off early In the morning, and it wa
seen that the only posslbls chance to
aav the city lay In the -use of dyna
mite. During the day blasts could be
heard In' every section at Intervals of
only a few minutes, and buildings not
destroyed by fir were blown to stoma
But through th gaps mad by th ex
ploitive th flame Jumped, while men
worked Ilk fiend to combat tb roar
lng, onruahlng fir. . .
, BejVT of th Str.
At 11 o'clock last night th Occidental
hotel - was -destroyed by- flames, which
swept unchecked scross Montgomery
street and attacked the block bounded by
Montgomery, Sutter, Bush and Kearney
streets. Th new Merchants' Exchange
building was a mas of flames from
basement to tower.
The Union Trust building and th
Crocker-Wool worth bank both burned
and th Chronicle building and th other
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Joae, From City Park. Poatoffice and
building In that block war threatened
by flames. Shortly after. 10 o'clock fir
had eaten it way southward from
Portsmouth (qua re to Kearney and Cali
fornia street. Tb entire section front
ing on th west aid of Kearney atreet
1 a ma of James. ' . . 1 -
All building adjoining th Hall of
Justice . were ablase and the firemen
striving to save tb structure by using
dynamite. .
At that hour- the flames had eaten
their -way westward in th residence
section as far as Oough street. There,
by . dynamiting block after block, th
firemen jnioceeded In checking th fir
for a tiro.
rerry Is Sank. ' 'o1-
Conditions ar growing worse every
minute. Th city is a maas of ruins.
Dynamite la being used freely In an en
due ror lo save part of th city. Water
main ar uaaleaa. - No -water supply 1
at hand. One hundred-and Qfty of the
greatest buildings hsvs been destroyed
In addition to O.eo others Th water
front is still smoldering. . The ferry Ban
Pablo was hit by a heavy steel girder
and sunk. Many of.th crew ar said to
have con down. - . - . '.
Fir swept the Mission district level
ing the home of 50.000 In thl on ec
tion alon. ' "v .
Bmporluna B armed.
Th Emporium, th city' biggest de
partment store, on Market street, la a
mass of ruins. .
lAt - yeaurday altemoon building
in th vicinity of th United State
mint and postofnc wer' blown- up IB
the hone of saving tbes. Th effort
proved useless and ths magnificent
structures, inoludlng the city ball, fell
before th onruahlng flame. . At t
o'clock last night ths Bailey and La
costa building, on Clay streets fell In,
killing three men ,nd seven Jiorses..:
The magnificent church " and college
of Bf. Ignatius, at th northwest corner
of Van Nss avenue and Hayes street,
was destroyed. The loss 1 over 1.
000,000. The church contained paint
ings and frescoes that wer priceless. -From
present appearances t- is prob
able that 10 or more Insurance com-
sanles will be TUined, Manager of th
larger oompanle are of th opinion
thai:- they will be abl to meet th
losses. In any event, alt Insurance
oompant doing business In this city
hav been hit a staggering blow, from
th effect of which many wilt never
recover. :. -,t
The Oakland Realty ayndlcat has
offered Idora park for th use of tho
left without shelter by th earthquake.
Th offer ha been accepted by th
nolle and fir commissioner and ZOO
cots have been placed In It for the uee
Of the refugees. - Relief stations hav
also been established at the city hall
and at various publte park and
Mayor Frank K. Moft haa issued an
appeal to th people of Oakland- and
authorities to aid In preserving peace
and keeotn order.
Thousand gathered their few house
hold goods they had saved and fled in
terror. Thousands more fled without
taking anything, glad to eecape. San
Bruna road and other avenue of egres
to th southward ar packed with pe
destrians, plodding along, with no othsr
Idea than to get away to get away
from th horror behind them. Ferry
boat for Oakland carried thousands
also and befor they - resumed opera
tion yesterday afternoon tugboat and
launches plied back and forth,' carrying
terrified people across th bay.
Each hour bring tales of fresh cas
ualties of people mangled by th earth
quake of yesterday morning; of people
crushed in the street by falling mate
rial, and of people burned to death be
fore they escaped - rrora the . name.
Som still 11 In th streets where they
fell.
opl storing- Away-
Most of the population of ths city is
too busy getting away to be scrupulous
sbout removing the dead. Those who
ar fighting manfully against the flames
hav no time. Thoa engaged In hu
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World,. Rsportsd. Daattoyad.
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St. Joeph's Cathedral in Foreground.!
manitarian work hav their band full.
Doctor and nurses by th score have
proffered their services and . all ar
needed. . V- '
r Troop ? and polic lin' th streets.
forming a coraon snout me asngtr son.
They sr compelled to draw back eoa
tlnually and extend their line a tb
fir spreads. Bt riot watch I being
kept on bank building and other place
where treasure, la stored, that ar atUl
At an early hour fiendish ghoul
broke Into th store and robbed them,
the proprietors being either desd or
driven -uL ' Ther circulated - throush
th streets, picking th pocket of th'
penSv-SiriCKfm vruwuv. oavvrai ,1.
hot and killed by soldiers, who gar
HO quarter when they discovered tb
wretches at work. Th example wa
a sufficient one, for last night lawless
ness subsided to som extent althousta
the nanlo was greater. If anything.
Thousand In Hospitals.
Over 1.000 Bersons who. ware, aerlousl-
Injured by th earthquake and ftr ar
being treated at th various hospitals
thrnntfhmit th eltv. The nmnArtU.
of dead Is hot a large aa might be ex
pected, only z or tnoee admitted to
the hospital hav died lnc their ad
mission. ; '' . .i.-.v --
While the earthquake was at Its
height two smokestscks at ths foot of
urov street ieu inrougn - in roor, .
crushing .th boiler and killing one .fire
man. ,
th Twelfth Street dam. opposite ths
boathouse on Lake Meron, to lnk II
inches. - - . . - . ..
every assistance In their' power to th
fugitive Who arrive here. Th mayor '
haa Issued, an tyder1 for th closing of
all aaldnha end .a. tmnar effort is badnar
mad to prerv order here. ;
houses bars been roped off and a heavy
guard of police is at hand! to prevent
any undue advantage being taken of tb
refugee. :
The magnitude of the' horror Is not
exasserated. It will reaulre davs to ar
rive at a definite stlmatsof th los of
llf. . .-' - , . .. .... -.
CITY OF SAN JOSE
MASS OF RUINS
Hundred and Fifty Reported
Killed, and Hospitals Crowded
.VYithpead and Dylnj
fJoaraal IpeelU Servlca.)
Ban Jos. April It. On hundred and
nrty persona ar reported killed In this
city. Th entire business portion of th
town bordered by St. Jame on th
north. Market on th west. Third street
on th east and San Fernando on th
south Is a complete mas of ruin. Th
city. 1 ' under martial law, ths streets
are patrolled by troops and none was
allowed te leava their home until this
morning. All hospital ar crowded
with dead and dying. The work of th
rescuers 1 being carried on by appointed
workers. Trafflo In all part of th
city Is blocked. The Standard EVectrlo
plant 1 badly demolished and tb city
is in darkness.- '
Th property los will reach far lntn
th millions. - Among th building
tther badly damaged or rased are th
courthouse, hall of record e, Bt James
hotel, Annex of Vendome, In which 20
guest are reported ' to hav beon
crushed to death; Eagles' hall, post
office, the Rea building, Dougherty block.
St Patrick's church. Safe Deposit Na
tional and Bank of San Jos building.
A report from th Agnew a tat Insane
asylum, six mile from thl city, states
that 100, inmates wer killed by th
collapsing of half of th main structure.
Many ar reported missing.
A lodging-house near th railroad yard
collapsed and eight bodies hav already -been
removed and more ar auppoaed to
be (n the ruins. -"'-
In th collapse of the Vendome hotel
Thomas O'Toole, a wealthy rancher, w
one of the number killed. 'The Son Job
Hall of Justice, Just completed st a cost
of $300.0o0. Is a scrap heap. The Pres
byterian church, th courthoua and.
part of th Stat Normal icbool have
been destroyed. , , . .
C0UNCILMEN CONTRIBUTE
SALARIES TO SUFFERERS
Member of ' th city council laat
night agreed to donate their salaries for
on .month to a fund to be raised for
th relief of th San Francisco sufferers.
mniintlnar In a total nf 117. - It was
remarked that this" momTy would pur
chess 10.000 losves or bread.
. Resolutions were adopted expressing .
sympathy for th people of San Fran
cisco In their suffering and offering -any
relief which they oould glv. t ;. .
REMEMBERS EARTHQUAKE
OF FORTY YEARS AGO
. Cnarle A. Phelp," president of the
Phelp Manufacturing , company .of
Weleer. Idaho, was a resident of San
Francisco when the great earthquak-s
of 1(2 occurred. He Is now In Portland
and says that he remember th former
disturbance quit distinctly, though be
was young when It occurred
"There .weren't many very large
building In the city at that time," he
said, "but many of the largest col
lapaed.' KrOm-where Montgomery fr'
is now, clear down to th bay, ib earth
eaiik to tho level of th bay. Ther
was' another dlaturhanc In UT7, but"
It .wa sot to violent."
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